The 6th Aintree 200 was a Formula One motor race held on 22 April 1961 at Aintree Circuit, Merseyside. The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was won by Australian driver Jack Brabham in a Cooper T55-Climax, setting fastest lap in the process. Teammate Bruce McLaren was second and Graham Hill, starting from pole position, was third in a BRM-Climax.

Results Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 Jack Brabham Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax 1.55:17.2 2 2 Bruce McLaren Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax + 28.4 s 3 3 Graham Hill Owen Racing Organisation BRM-Climax + 1:09.8 s 1 4 John Surtees Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper-Climax + 1:58.2 s 4 5 Masten Gregory Camoradi International Cooper-Climax 49 laps 26 6 Jack Lewis H & L Motors Cooper-Climax 49 laps 6 7 Tony Marsh Tony Marsh Lotus-Climax 49 laps 8 8 Roy Salvadori Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper-Climax 48 laps 9 9 Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 48 laps 5 10 Innes Ireland Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 48 laps 7 11 Gerry Ashmore Tim Parnell Lotus-Climax 48 laps 12 12 Shane Summers Terry Bartram Cooper-Climax 47 laps 13 13 Keith Greene Gilby Engineering Gilby-Climax 47 laps 27 14 Dan Gurney Louise Bryden-Brown Lotus-Climax 47 laps 15 15 Cliff Allison UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus-Climax 46 laps 11 16 André Pilette Emeryson Cars Emeryson-Climax 45 laps 22 17 Tony Brooks Owen Racing Organisation BRM-Climax 44 laps 10 18 Graham Eden Graham Eden Cooper-Climax 43 laps 19 19 Trevor Taylor Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 41 laps 14 DSQ Ian Burgess Camoradi International Lotus-Climax Took on extra oil 25 Ret Henry Taylor UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus-Climax Gearbox 17 Ret Bernard Collomb Bernard Collomb Cooper-Climax Engine 20 Ret Peter Procter Anthony Brooke Lotus-Climax Ignition 24 Ret Tim Parnell Tim Parnell Lotus-Climax Engine 28 Ret Michael May Scuderia Colonia Lotus-Climax Engine 21 Ret Stirling Moss Rob Walker Racing Team Cooper-Climax Engine 23 Ret George Morgan Tommy Atkins Cooper-Climax Accident 16 Ret Lucien Bianchi Equipe Nationale Belge Emeryson-Maserati Accident 18 WD Lloyd Casner Camoradi International Lotus-Climax No car - WD Brian Naylor JBW Car Co JBW-Maserati Car not ready - WD Wolfgang Seidel Scuderia Colonia Lotus-Climax No car - WD Willy Mairesse Equipe Nationale Belge Emeryson-Maserati No car - WD John Campbell-Jones John Campbell-Jones Cooper-Climax -

References "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995. "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.